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709774

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential to increase exports of electricity through new and existing interconnectors.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	67351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government stated in the 2016 Budget that it supports at least 9 gigawatts of additional interconnection, and noted that there is likely to be merit in more depending on the market being connected to. We have three projects under construction and three more with regulatory approval, which together could add 7.7 gigawatts of interconnection capacity by 2022. In addition to this, there are a number of new projects coming forward seeking regulatory approval. Ofgem is currently assessing whether these projects are in the interests of British consumers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 15:37:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 40363 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

709788

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on electricity prices of the (a) UK leaving the EU and (b) developing Energy Union.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	67353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s future relationship with EU electricity markets following its exit from the EU will be determined by negotiations between the UK and the EU. The future of the EU Internal Electricity Market will be determined by negotiations on the Commission’s proposals for market design. In both these negotiations the Government remains committed to getting the best deal for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 10:27:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 40356 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

711132

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average price of electricity exported from the UK through interconnectors was in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	67874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government does not hold prices on electricity exports over interconnectors. This is commercial information held by market participants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:15:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41202 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

711133

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much electricity was exported from the UK through interconnectors in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	67875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government routinely publishes total export figures from interconnectors in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data. The next Digest is due to be published on 27 July 2017, and provisional 2016 data will feature in the next Energy Trends report due for publication on 30 March.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available 12 month period of data spans Q4 2015 to Q3 2016 and shows a total export of 1,255GWh.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:07:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41204 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

711134

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average price of electricity imported into the UK through interconnectors was in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	67876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government does not hold prices on electricity imports over interconnectors. This is commercial information held by market participants.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:18:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41206 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

711135

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much electricity was imported into the UK through interconnectors in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	67877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes total import figures from interconnectors in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data. The next Digest is due to be published on 27 July 2017, and provisional 2016 data will feature in the next Energy Trends report due for publication on 30 March.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available 12 month period of data spans Q4 2015 to Q3 2016 shows a total import of 21,986GWh.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:00:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41205 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

711140

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average wholesale price of electricity was in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	67903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The average base load wholesale price of electricity in the day-ahead market for the period January to November 2016 was £42 per megawatt-hour*.</p><p> </p><p>*Source: Ofgem electricity prices, <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/chart/electricity-prices-day-ahead-baseload-contracts-monthly-average-gb" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/chart/electricity-prices-day-ahead-baseload-contracts-monthly-average-gb</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:12:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41208 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

709448

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether capacity market auctions take into account future growth projections for electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
	tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
	uin	67030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>National Grid, as System Operator, is responsible for recommending a target capacity for Capacity Market auctions. This recommendation is based on National Grid’s assessment of different scenarios for the level of electricity demand and takes account of projected changes in electricity use. National Grid’s recommendation is scrutinised by an independent Panel of Technical Experts before my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy decides on the final target.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2017 15:39:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 40358 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

709449

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has undertaken to ensure the capacity of the electricity grid to respond to current and future demand for electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
	tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
	uin	67031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out its ambition for almost all cars and vans to be zero emissions by 2050. By setting a long-term target, the Government is seeking to ensure that there is time to ready the grid for the mass transition towards cleaner, more efficient vehicles. Existing mechanisms, such as the Capacity Market and network operator business planning, can be used to ensure that network and generating capacity will stay in step with growing electric vehicle demand. Through further work to increase the flexibility in electricity demand and supply, including through promoting smart charging, we aim to ensure that electric vehicle demands are managed efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2017 15:35:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 40360 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

709768

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of excluding onshore wind from the Government's future Contract for Difference procurement strategy on electricity bills.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	67239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the potential effect on electricity bills of future decisions on the deployment of onshore wind.</p><p>It is important that, as the costs of generating technologies fall, we move steadily to an operating model in which competitive markets deliver the energy on which our country depends. The Department has requested stakeholders’ views on how we can deploy electricity generation through competitive markets without the requirement for ongoing subsidy as part of our Industrial Strategy consultation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2017 15:38:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 40357 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray